Big tourism payoff Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: <Nanda.Srinivasan(a)dot.gov> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:58:06 To:<ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net> Subject: [CTPP] Vacancy Rates by quarter This is with regard to questions on vacancy rates by season.    I recently had a chat with Jon Sperling at HUD (during a walk on the mall) and he pointed me to these datasets (acquired from USPS) that list vacancy rates for each census tract by quarter and year.   http://www.huduser.org/datasets/usps.html <http://www.huduser.org/datasets/usps.html>   I have not used these much, but am intrigued.  The datasets are comparatively new (introduced in December 2006).  HUD is looking for user feedback.  I found that the data can be joined and easily plotted using a nationwide Census Tract shapefile.  I can see quite a few applications in examining these data for transportation planning applications.   Also see the data dictionary at http://www.huduser.org/datasets/usps/USPS_Data_Dictionary.pdf   The contact person for these datasets is Robert Renner.   Thank you Nanda Srinivasan   _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news